The wooden toll bridge that crossed the Connecticut River from Hartford to East Hartford at the foot of Morgan Street burned May 17, 1895. The alarm came at 7:18 PM from box 29. The hose reel and horses of No. 3 were lost.

This fire at nos.139-149 Asylum Street, on February 11, 1906, at the southwest corner of Trumbull Street shows Propeller No.4 working the fire. Engineer John C. Moran is at the rear of the engine.

This photo of the Union Station fire shows the wreckage at track level. The first alarm came on February 21, 1914 at 2:21 PM, the second alarm at 2:32 PM, and the third alarm at 2:33 PM. The total loss was $160,000. Photo by William G. Dudley.

Auditorium fire on Asylum Street, after the fire was under control, showing the streams from the water tower mast, deck pipe, and from No. 4's wagon pipe in operation. At left, the tractor of truck No. 1. February 26, 1914.

This fire destroyed the Farmington house of Herbert Knox Smith on January 22, 1924. Hartford and West Hartford fire departments responded, but a lack of standardized connections between towns left their apparatus unable to assist local equipment. No. 12, sent at 10:42 AM, remained idle. Horace B. Clark was a big proponent to standardizing equipment, and used examples like this to prove his point.

Clapp & Treat store house fire on July 15, 1924. This photo shows Market Street near the end of the fire. Equipment shown in street: Mack hose car of Engine House No. 3, Pope hose car of Engine House No. 1, and Pope hose car of Engine House No. 5.

Clapp & Treat storehouse fire, Market Street, July 15, 1924. The fire is out, and fire fighters and bystanders are looking at the building from the street. Chief Moran and Assistant Chief Keena are standing in the middle of the street. At left, propeller No. 3; in background, truck No. 3; at right, Pope hose car of Engine House No. 2.

Palace Theater fire in New Britain. New Britain Chief William B. Noble giving orders to men operating pipe from the ladder of a Seagrave aerial truck. Jan. 8, 1926.

Hotel Trumbull fire, 355-359 Trumbull Street, on December 4,1928 after the second alarm. In the front, No. 2 hose car, No. 4 hose car, and No. 2 steamer. In the background, truck No. 3, spare Mack in use by Engine House No. 7.

On January 3, 1933, there was a fire at the Walker restaurant on Asylum Street. This is at the end of fire. The apparatus on south side of Asylum Street, (on the left): LaFrance pumper, No. 3; LaFrance pumper, No. 4; electric lighting and emergency car; LaFrance pumper, No. 2; Pope-Hartford hose car, No. 2; LaFrance pumper, No. 5. In the middle of the street: LaFrance aerial truck, No. 1; Mack hose car, No. 3; gasoline supply car. On the north side of the street, (the right side): Pope-Hartford hose car, No. 5; spare steamer, last at Engine House No. 5 for pumping out cellar; LaFrance aerial truck, No. 3. It may look a little different today, but note the railroad bridge in the background leading to Union Station that we still see in the same place today.